The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-02
NEW YORK'S DEMOCRACY.
EVERYTHING APPEARS 10 BE
CALM AND SERENE.


Brought Out the Olive Branch Still
DispIayed-The Rivalry Between Col
Fellows and Bourke Cochran.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The State Demo
cratic Convention is remarkable as being
the only one held in ten years in which the
Democracy Of New york City were not en-
deavoring to scalp each other instead Of try
ing to aid the party.
They were brought into harmony by the
force of circumstances last fall The George
party had sprung into existence in a night,
and threatened to overwhelm both Tammany
and the County Democracy. Had these fac
tons been divided the vote showed that
George would certainly have been elected
Mayor Of this city.
Tammany. which appeared at the National
Democratic Convention of ESQ, after de-
feating the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. and witch defeated the Democratic
candidate for President that year by sulk-
ing in it's tents was the first TO offer the
olive branch Il nominated Abram $
Hewitt for Mayor, despite the fact that he
was a chieftain Of the County Democracy
and that be had dealt Tammany some of its
hardest blows.
His nomination was made by Richard
Croker, the Tammany leader, who had
proved himself a warm personal friend to
Hewitt years before when Hewitt needed
political friends Hewitt had returned his
kindness by securing Croker place among
the Fire Commissioners. Croker felt JUST
fed in again befriending Hewitt as no poll
tician IN New York was ever before
Lesriended Hewitt needed political friends
Just then. He had fallen out with the adj
ministration and Croker's medicine recu-
perated him The County Democracy,
under the guidance of man fully as big
Drained as Croker, promptly accepted the
olive branch. Hewitt became the candidate
of a united city Democracy for the first time
in a quarter If a century and was trium
phant.y elected.
Whether he has given satisfaction to
either wing Of the party or not, the union
OF both wings holds good. The leaders sea
that in harmony only Is there strength. For
a year past there has been no quarrel among
them concerning either the municipal or the
Federal patronage Tammany, whose fidel
it, 10 the organization in 1884 elected
Democratic President. whose nomination it
bitterly opposed, evidently appreciates with
~rati'ude Sharpened by a sense Of ingrati-
tude at Albany. and placidly allows the
friends of t.. administration 70 secure an
advantage w-ich gives them the control of
the deles cation to the national convention
next year
Probably one Of the most remarkable
scenes in the convention was the appearance
of the Hon. William BOrke Cochran and
Col John Z. Fellows in the role of the
Siamese twiLs. Both men are great orators,
and they have always been heretofore pitted
against each other in the State conventions.
Fellows is Ciceronian in eloquence, while
Cochran is DemOsthenic. Fellows won his
spurs in New York as an orator many years
ago. Cochran sprang into the arena much
later.
well remember his first appearance on
the oratorical stuge. 1t was as a contesting
delegate on behalf of Irving Hall before the
State COMMITTEES in the Deiavan House, Al
bany, about six years ago. Dan Manning
was chairman Of the committee. and one of
its members was William {. Whitney.
Cochran stood before them a man whose
strength was entirely unknown. He is
massive-faced broad shouldered. big-boned
man, fully six feet tail. he has powerful
yet musical voice, and impresses every
hearer with his intense earnestness. His
gestures and bearing at that time were awk
ward and unstudied Today they are as
graceful as were the bearing and gestures
of Edward Everett He then stood
before the committee long haired and
erect. confideut-yet unassuming. As he
warmed to his work he threw his chest ont
until MS form reSembied that of Fighting
Joe Hooker. Then he closed his eyes,
gave full play to his imagination and power
of logic. and the words poured from his
mouth like mo re- intellectual gold. Facts,
figures antecedents. all were at his COM
mand without reference to notes. Each
was driven into place by his powerful right
arm without the unclosing Of his eye. The
speech was sprinkled with sarcasm doubly
distilled. 1t was 50 severe in a reference to
Mr. Whitney that Dan Manning was about
to interrupt the speaker when Whitney
himself, evidently charmed by the orator.
constructive power of thought and facility
of expression, besought Mr.. Manning not
TO interfere. 1t was perhaps the greatest
speech ever made before the State Com
1nittee, and possibly much of the considera-
ton given to Irving Hall for years after
ward was due 70 Cockrans eloquence on
this occasion.
Col Fellows has not the magnificent
presence of Cochran. The latter is built
more like Webster. while the former
naturally recalls Stephen A Douglas. His
mastery power of speech was shown in the
last two Democratic National conventions
In Cincinnati, John Kelly, who had bolted
the Democratic State ticket the year before,
contested the seats of the County Democ-
racy Old Dick Hubbard, of Texas, now
Minister to japan, got the platform unex-
pectedly and opened up big boom for har-
mOny. Ills idea OF harmony was to give
Kelly half the delegation. Dick is built
something like a Durham bull He has
compactness of body and of expression
agd a mighty dignity of oratory. Heroared
TO some purpose, and the faces of the
County Democracy began to blanche as
their owners heard the wave Of applause re-
sponsive to Dicks eloquence Fellows sat
among them with arms folded. legs crossed,
and his curly head at least foot lower than
the heads OF the delegates near him. Hub
bard had undoubtedly captured the conven-
ton when he closed. AS Fellows took the
platform the silence was so profound that if
a thlstledown had blown in you could have
heard it roll over the floor Of the hall
The Colonel began by saying that he had
belonged to the Democracy from the day of
his birth, and that he had seen many strange
signs and portents in the political sky in his
day, but this was the first time in his life
that he had ever seen a Democratic State
delegation presenting the corpse of Demo
cratic candidate for Governor as its creden-
tials for admission TO Democratic National
convention. In the clearest Anglo-Saxon,
and with the keenest irony, he held John
Kelly's treason" to light, and depicted it's
results. 1t was done so artfully and quietly
that the most rambunctious Southerners
were deeply convinced Of Hubbards mis-
take; that it was by the skin of its teeth that
Tammany was given even the courtesy of a
seat in the hall. Ii Cochran had been
known to fame at that time ana had ap-
peared on behalf of Tammany Hall, pos
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